From November 4 to 6, 2025 will be held in Abidjan, the 25 ᵉ edition of the Trade Finance Seminar (ATFS 2025), organized by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).

ATFS 2025 will bring together experts, bankers, regulators and business leaders around financing issues structured trade, in a context where Africa is facing a deficit annual estimated at 100 billion dollars. The objective of this edition according to The financial institution, organizing, is to strengthen the capacity of SMEs African women to access credit and promote new instruments financial institutions capable of transforming projects deemed not bankable into viable transactions.

Indeed, for three days, conferences, workshops and round tables will address in particular the reduction in the cost of financing, factoring, as well as the role of banks of development in support of continental trade.